Device for making and carrying cigarettes



Aug. 19, 1924. 1,505,126

1 J. ATKINSON DEVICE FOR MAKING AND CARRYING CIGARETTES I Filed Feb. 5..1923 2 Sheefs-Sheetl Aug. 19,--1924.*. 1,505,126

'J. ATKINSON DEVICE FOR MAKING AND CARRYING CIGARETTES Filed Feb. 5,1923 2 S h et,s Sheet, 2

swank if 19 23 c/ fiw Amt-lawn Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATEN'FOFFICE.

JOHN ATKINSON, OF MINNE'DOSA, MANITOBA, CANADA.-

DEVICE FOR MAKING AND CARRYING CIGARETTES.

Application filed February a, 1923. Serial No. 616,727.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, JOHN A'rKINsoN, a

subject of the King of Great Britain, residmg at Minnedosa, in theProvince of Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain newand useful Improve-- ments in Devices for Making and CarryingCigarettes, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention has for its object the pro- "vision of a neat anda'ttractive device which may bereadily carried in the pocket of agarment and by the use of which cigarettes may be produced as needed.The invention also seeks to provide a device which may contain -a supplyof rolled cigarettes as well as the papers or wrappers necessary for theproduction of the cigarettes. The invention also seeks to provide adevice for the stated purpose which will be compact, may be readily brouht into 'position to permit the formation of cigarettes and which willfacilitate renewal of the rolling apron when necessary. Other objects ofthe invention will appear incidentally in the course of the followingdescription, and the invention resides in certain novel'features whichwill be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

through the cigarette-rolling mechanism showing the cigarette partlyrolled, and

Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged detail sectional views showing the manner inwhich the ends of the rolling apron are secured.

' In carrying out my invention, I employ two cover members 1 and 2 whichare. similar in their external appearance and are hinged together atoneend, as shown at 3. The cover'members have their ends and cornerportions curved, as shown at 4, so as to have a neat-appearance andavoid the formation of sharp corners which would tend to tear the lininof a pocket. The hinge pin connecting 51o members 1 and 2 is carried bythe ends of side plates 5 which constitute the body or frame of therolling mechanism and are joined at their ends remote from the hinge bya cross bar or frame member 6 which is curved so as to fit easily andclosely within the -cover members 1 and 2, as shown clearly in Fig. 2',and the said cross bar 6 and side bars 5 are formed externally with alongitudinal bead 7 against which the edges of the cover members maabut. The edges of the cover members wi 1 preferably be slightlyresilient so that they will fit snugly upon the member 6 and, therefore,be held in closed position frictionally so that, while'they will not. heaccidentally opened, they may be readily opened when access to theinterior of the device" is desired. By referring to Fig. 4 moreparticularly, it will be noted that the cover members 1 and 2 are of atray or dish-like form so that in closed 1 I osition they will fitentirely around the rameconsisting of the members 5 and 6. The covermember 2 is provided with a holding tray 8 which may be formedseparately therefrom and secured therein by brazing or similar means ormay be defined merely by the end members or flanges 9 formed upon thesaid-cover member. It will be readily noted upon reference to Fig. 2that this holder is adapted to contain a supply of cigarettes 10 sothat, if the user prefers, a number of cigarettes may be made andcarried in the cover for future use.

The cover member 1 is equipped upon its interior with chambers orpockets 11 and 12 which are adapted to containcigarette papers andmatches, respectively, and are .formed by a plate or partition 13secured to and extending between the side portions of the cover'memberinspaced relation to the top thereof, and a'partition 14 which extendsbetween the plate 13 and the top of the cover member, as clearly shownin Fig. 3.

Extending longitudinally of the frame members 5 and securedto andbetween the same is a plate or table 15 upon which the cigarettes arerolled, and this table may be formed integral with the said sidemembers,

as will be readilyunderstood upon refertherefrom'and intimately unitedtherewi as may be preferred. One end of the said table or plate isdisposed adjacent the hinge 3 and is carried downwardly and thenforwardly to form an underlying re-entrant ence to'Fig. 3, or may beformed separately flange 16 in which one end of the rolling apron 17 maybe secured by a locking pin 18 forced into the flange 16 after the endof the apron has been placed therein in the manner of a lining therefor,as clearly shown in Fig. 6. The diameter of the looking pin and thedimensions of the re-entrant flange should be such that, when the end ofthe apron is folded into .the flange and the locking pin then pressedinto the fold of the apron, the end of the apron will be firmly boundWithin the flange. The opposite end of the plate or table 15 is spacedfrom the frame bar 6 and is formed into a depending flange 19 so that asmooth sur face will be presented to the apron 17 and cutting of theapron thereby prevented. The apron 17 is of such length that it willextend over the entire area of the table or plate 15 and present a looseportion depending through the space at the forward end of the table toform a pocket 20, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. The frame bar 6 hasits upper edge extended inwardly and then forwardly to form anoverhanging re-entrant flange 21 in which the end of the apron isreceived, as shown clearly in Fig. 7, and this end of the apron issecured in place by a clamping bar 22, U-shaped in cross section andslightly resilient so that, if it be fitted over the fold or bight ofthe apron and the free edge of the flange 21, the end of the apron willbe firmly gripped or clamped to the flange so that it is not a t to beaccidentally withdrawn. Immediate adjacent the flange 21, notches 23 areformed in the upper edges of the frame members 5 and mating notches 24are formed in the edges of the cover member 1 so that a pin 25maybereceived and held in the said notches. TlllS pin 25 extends beyondthe sides of the device slightly and is equipped at its ends with knobsor finger pieces 26 so that, when a cigarette is to be rolled, the pinmay be easily and conveniently held between the thumb and a finger ofthe users hand. Mounted loosely upon the pin 25 is a roller 27- which,in the initial ition shown in Fig. 4, will be disposed be ow the end ofthe apron 17. i

When a cigarette is to be made, the paper wrapper 28 therefor is placedin the bottom of the pocket 20 and the necessary tobacco is placed uponthe paper, it bein readily noted that the paper will follow the outlineof the pocket so that the tobacco will be confined within a spacedefined b the side edges of the paper. The knobs or ger pieces 26 arethen lightly grasped by the user and the pin 25 lifted from the notches23 and pushed along the upper edges of the frame members 5. Thismanipulation of the pin 25 and the roller 27 carried thereby will form abight in the apron around the roller so that a portion of the apron willextend over the mouth of the pocket 20 and close the same. The apron andthe wrapper 28 are thereby formed into a second bight enclosing thetobacco and initially formin the cigarette. As the roller 27 is cause totravel toward the hinged end of the device, the apron will be put undertension and the cigarette caused to roll along the plate or ta le 15 inan obvious manner and compressed so that the paper wrapper will bebrought firmly around the tobacco and a neat finished ci rette produced.The table or plate 15 is 0 such len h that, when the roller 27 hastraveled the ull length thereof, the cigarette will be fully made orrolled and may then be smoked or may be placed in the holder 8 forfuture use.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have produced a neatcompact device whereby a smoker of cigarettes ma readily produce his owncigarettes and finish them as perfectly as though the were facto make.The rolling apron will preferably e of silk or some equally durableeasily rolled material and may be readily renewed when worn out ordamaged through possible accident. To remove a worn out or damagedapron, it is necessary merely to withdraw the clamping member 22 fromits engagement with the end of the apron and the flange 21, whereuponthe end of the apron may be easily grasped and rolled back over theplate 15. The free end y of the apron may be easily pushed through thespace between the hinge of the demos and the adjacent end of the tableor plate 15, whereupon a slight pull upon the apron will release thelocking pin 18. A reverse operation will secure a new apron in place ina very short period of time.

Havin thus described the invention,what is claime as new is:

1. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a frame member providedat one end in its upper edges with notches, a fixed table carried bysaid frame member and spaced from the notched end of the same an apronsecured to the end of the table and extending over the same and securedto the end of the frame member to form a pocket between the same and theadjacent and of the table, a pin normally seating in the g notches inthe frame member and adapted to travel along the said member, and aroller loosely mounted on said pin to engage the apron whereby travel ofthe roller alon the frame member will cause the pocket 0 the apron toroll along the apron and the table.

2. A device for the urpose set forth comrising a frame member, a tableextending ongitudinally thereof and having its forward end spaced fromthe forward end of theframe member, the rear end of the table hangingre-entrant flange,

being provided, with an underlying reframe member being provided with anoveran apron-extending over the tab i and having one end fitted in there-entrant flange thereof and the opposite end engaged in the re-entrantflange on the frame member,

her and the adjacent end of the table, a locking pin engaged in the reentrant flange on the table to frictionally retain the end of the aprontherein, a clamping member fitting over the re-entrant flange on theframe member and the end of the apron engaged therewith, and a rollermounted to travel along the frame member and form a bight in the apronand cause said bight to roll over the table.

3. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a frame member, a fixedtable in said member having one end spaced from the corresponding end ofthe frame member, the opposite end of the table being provided with anunderlying re-entrant flan e, an apron extending over the table andaving the apron forming a. pocket between the end of the frame mem-.

one end fitted in the re-entrant flange and its opposite end attached tothe frame member, the apron forming a pocket in the space between theframe member and the end of the tablefla locking pin enga ed in thereentrant flange on the table to rictionally re tain the end of theapron therein, and means to close the pocket in the apron and shift thepocket alongthe apron and the table.

4. A device for the purpose set forth comprising a frame member, a fixedtable in the frame member having one end spacedfrom the correspondingend of the frame member, an overhanging re-entrant flange on said end ofthe frame member, an apron secured to and extending over the table andhaving one end fitted over and into the re entrant flange on the framemember, a U- shaped clamping member fitted over said flange and the endof the apron engaged therewith, the apron forming a pocket tween theframe member and the table, and means for shifting the pocket along theapron and the table.

in testimony whereof I affix m si ature.

JOHN ATKINSO 11.5.]

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